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BATISTINI v. AQUINO

No. 89-1092.

890 F.2d 535 (1989)

Humberto A. BATISTINI, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Jorge L. AQUINO, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Del Valle, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Bayamon, P.R., Pedro Del Valle Ferrer, Federal Litigation Div., San Juan, P.R., and Ramirez & Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Miguel Pagan, San Juan, P.R., with whom Eliezer Aldarondo Ortiz, Hato Rey, P.R., and Aldarondo & Lopez Bras were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before BREYER, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This Puerto Rico political discharge case was brought by five regional directors of the Department of Commerce against former Secretary Aquino in his individual and official capacities.1 Plaintiffs prevailed in the district court after a non-jury trial of several days. The district court ordered their reinstatement with back pay, compensatory damages in the amount of $48,000, punitive damages in the amount...

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